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Data Platform Operations Lead – Contract
Location
United States
Posted
109 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Data Platform Operations Lead – Contract
540
• Serve as an embedded SME and lead advisor for the data platform operations team supporting a production GCP environment • Drive operational readiness, including development and refinement of runbooks, SOPs, escalation procedures, and day-two support processes • Provide hands-on support for production incidents, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis (RCA), and long-term remediation • Monitor system health, logs, and performance metrics to identify risks and optimization opportunities • Lead PostgreSQL / AlloyDB performance tuning, including indexing strategies, query optimization, and maintenance practices • Provide guidance across GCP services including Dataflow, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, and Dataplex • Support release management, including database deployments and rollback strategies • Contribute to resiliency planning, including backup/recovery, disaster recovery (DR), and high availability (HA) • Develop and maintain operational documentation and technical artifacts aligned to production needs • Serve as the primary technical point of contact for client stakeholders, providing strategic database roadmaps and defending technical architectural decisions during program reviews
Job Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering, database engineering, or platform operations
- Strong experience supporting production data platforms in cloud environments
- Deep, hands-on expertise in PostgreSQL (performance tuning, indexing, query optimization, vacuuming, maintenance)
- Experience supporting PostgreSQL in production at scale (large datasets, high availability environments)
- Experience with AlloyDB or similar PostgreSQL-based managed database services
- Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including data and streaming services
- Experience with Dataflow, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, and/or Dataplex
- Experience with data lifecycle management, retention policies, data governance and cataloging
- Proven experience in production operations, including incident response and root cause analysis
- Hands-on experience with SLIs/SLOs/SLAs, including defining reliability targets, implementing monitoring and using error budgets to guide operational decisions and platform improvements
- Proven track record of institutionalizing operational knowledge through technical writing
- Experience supporting release management and database deployment processes
- Experience working in FedRAMP or regulated cloud environments
- Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with engineering teams and stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership, lead operational efforts, and deliver in a fast-paced environment.
Benefits
- Citizenship & Clearance Requirement: per client requirements, must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance
- Initial 6-month contract (40 hours/week), with strong likelihood of extension and potential for long-term or full-time conversion based on performance and program needs
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